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The Chainbearer; or, the Littlepage Manuscripts
The second book in the Littlepage trilogy, it explores land ownership and the displacement of American Indians during westward expansion.
"The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts" by James Fenimore Cooper is a novel. The second book in the Littlepage trilogy, it explores land ownership and the displacement of American Indians during westward expansion.
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My father was Cornelius Littlepage, of Satanstoe, in the County of Westchester, and State of New York; and my mother was Anneke Mordaunt, of Lilacsbush, a place long known by that name, which still stands near Kingsbridge, but on the Island of Manhattan, and consequently in one of the wards of New York, though quite eleven miles from town. I shall suppose that my readers know the difference between the Island of Manhattan and Manhattan Island; though I have found soi-disant Manhattanese, of mature years, but of alien birth, who had to be taught it. Lilacsbush, I repeat therefore, was on the Island of Manhattan, eleven miles from town, though in the City of New York, and not on Manhattan Island.
Of my progenitors further back, I do not conceive it necessary to say much. They were partly of English, and partly of Low Dutch extraction, as is apt to be the case with those who come of New York families of any standing in the colony. I retain tolerably distinct impressions of both of my grandfathers, and of one of my grandmothers; my mother's mother having died long before my own parents were married.
Contents
- 01The Chainbearer.
- 02"She held up the trap, and I descended into the hole that answered the purpose of a cellar."
- 03Preface.
- 04Chapter I.
- 05Chapter II.
- 06Chapter III.
- 07Chapter IV.
- 08Chapter V.
- 09Chapter VI.
- 10Chapter VII.
- 11Chapter VIII.
- 12Chapter IX.
- 13Chapter X.
- 14Chapter XI.
- 15Chapter XII.
- 16Chapter XIII.
- 17Chapter XIV.
- 18Chapter XV.
- 19Chapter XVI.
- 20Chapter XVII.
- 21Chapter XVIII.
- 22Chapter XIX.
- 23Chapter XX.
- 24Chapter XXI.
- 25Chapter XXII.
- 26Chapter XXIII.
- 27Chapter XXIV.
- 28Chapter XXV.
- 29Chapter XXVI.
- 30Chapter XXVII.
- 31Chapter XXVIII.
- 32Chapter XXIX.
- 33Chapter XXX.
- 34The End.
- 35The Redskins
- 36Or
- 37Indian and Injin
- 38Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts
- 39"All of the girls but Mary Warren had entered the house.... She remained at the side of my grandmother."
- 40Preface.
- 41The Redskins.
- 42Chapter I.
- 43Chapter II.
- 44Chapter III.
- 45Chapter IV.
- 46Chapter V.
- 47Chapter VI.
- 48Chapter VII.
- 49Chapter VIII.
- 50Chapter IX.
- 51Chapter X.
- 52Chapter XI.
- 53Chapter XII.
- 54Chapter XIII.
- 55Chapter XIV.
- 56Chapter XV.
- 57Chapter XVI.
- 58Chapter XVII.
- 59Chapter XVIII.
- 60Chapter XIX.
About this edition
- Author
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 848 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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